Faucet-guard



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHARLES O. OOLE, OF LAS VEGAS, TERRITORY OF NEV IWIEXIOO.

FAUCET-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,101, dated October28, 1884.

' Application inea Maren i, 1884. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs O. COLE, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, have madea new and useful Improvement in Faucet-Guards, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the an-4neXed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a side elevation of a faucet having the improvement, the guard beingin position to prevent interference; Fig. 2, a side elevation, partly insection, of the faucet, the guard being removed and the ordinary keybeing in position for operating the faucetvalve; Fig. 8, a verticalcrosssection on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a top view, showingthat4 portion of the faucet immediately connected with the valve.

The same letters of reference denote the saine parts.

The present invention is an improved means for preventing improperinterference with a faucet.

It consists, substantially, in a cap which is adapted to be applied toand locked upon that part of the faucet which contains the valve-`stein, so as to prevent, for the time being, the application of thehandle, key, or any other equivalent device to the valve-stem for thepurpose of operating the valve, all substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and designated in the claims. y

A represents a faucet of the ordinary description.

B represents that portion of the faucet which ordinarily surrounds thevalve-stem C.

D represents a cap closed or substantially closed at its fop, andadapted to be passed downward onto the part B of the faucet,substantially as shown in Figs. l, 3. As long as the cap is in thisposition the valve-stem cannot be reached in the ordinary manner, andthe valve cannot be turned.

The means which I consider preferable for securing the cap in positionare as follows: The cap at its upper end, at d, is provided with an eye.This eye in turn is adapted to be connected, when desired, with the bodya of the faucet, so that when thus connected the cap cannot be removedfrom its position upon the faucet, but when disconnected it can beremoved. The preferable form of connection is the tie E, which, at itslower end, encircles loosely the body a of the faucet, and at its upperend is provided with an eye, e, or double `eye e e, which, when the partE is upturned,

coincides with the eye d of the cap D. The parts are then lockedtogether, so that the cap cannot be removed, by any suitable lock, suchas the padlock F, whose hasp f s passed through the eyes e d,substantially as shown in Figs. 1, 3.

' When it is desired to use the faucet, the pad lock is unlocked, itshasp detached from the eyes c d, the tie E detached from the cap D, andthe cap lifted from the part B of the faucet. The valve-stem can then beturned by applying the ordinary key, A', Fig. 2, to the valve-stem, asshown in Fig. 2.

To connect the various parts of the guard so that they shall not belost, and so that they shall always be in position for use, the cap Dand tie E are preferably connected by means of the connection G, whichconnection may be a chain, as shown. .l

The tie E, where it encircles the body a of the faucet, is madesufficiently large to enable the tie to be readily disconnected from thecap when the haspf is withdrawn, and in practice the tie is sufficientlyloose upon the faucet to allow it to turn around thereon and fall down,as indicated in Fig. 2.

I claiml. The combination, with a faucet, of the removable cap D,provided with an eye, a looped tie, a flexible connection, and a lock`ing device, substantially as described.

2. A faucet having a tie, -E, provided with eyes, and loosely connectedto it, in combination with the cap or guard connected tosaid tie, andprovided with an eye adapted to receive the hasp of a lock,substantially as described.

8. Thecoinbination of a faucet having the portion B surrounding thevalve-stem, the movable cap D, adapted to cover said portion, and havingan eye, d, the tic E, looped on the body a, and constructed with eyesthrough its curved end, a locking device,.and a. iiexible connection, G,substantially as described.

` CHAS. O. COLE. Witnesses:

WM. M. WILLIAMs, FRANK W. BARTON.

